Chinese Bulletin of Botany ›› 2008, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (04): 381-391.

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Na+ Transport and Plant Salt Resistance at the Whole Plant Level

Min Chen, Jianyun Peng, Baoshan Wang*   

  1. College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
  • Received:2007-08-01 Revised:2008-02-22 Online:2008-07-01 Published:2008-07-01
  • Contact: Baoshan Wang*

Abstract: Plants can maintain Na+ homeostasis to increase salt resistance by several mechanisms, which include limiting Na+ influx, strengthening Na+ efflux, lessening Na+ transport to the shoot, distributing Na+ of shoots to particular parts (e.g., old leaves), secreting Na+ outside the leaves by a salt-secreting structure or transporting Na+ to the root by phloem recirculation. This paper introduces advances in research into the roles of Na+ transportation in salt resistance of plants at the whole plant level.